Capaldo was an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is currently part of the city of Frontenac, and located northwest of the Frontenac Industrial Park #1.

History

Capaldo had its start in the year 1912 as a coal mining camp.[2] It was originally populated chiefly by Italian immigrants.[3]

In the early 2000s, the community was annexed into the city of Frontenac.

References

  1. "Capaldo, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Powell, William E. "Former Mining Communities of the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Field". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  3. Celeste Calvitto (2007). Searching for Italy in America's Rural Heartland. Vantage Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-533-15737-2.

Further reading

37°28′04″N 94°43′36″W / 37.46778°N 94.72667°W / 37.46778; -94.72667


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